Leo Laporte said at the Online News Association Conference that Podcasting is dead because its’ too hard (apparently an iTunes one clickis to hard). In the same speech he also: Stated that he earned 1.5 million He sates that he has $350,000 in expenses (do the math). He states that because of the relationship with his listeners, and…
Adam Curry recently was interviewed by David Spark who is doing a podcast about making money with a podcast (which should have its own RSS feed in the future) which you can see at http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=1092 Here are some stats on Mevio: Only thirty percent of Mevio’s money is via CPM-based advertising. The rest is (more…
This week apple pointed out that with 225 million ipods sold to date they own 73.8% of the market. With this in mind if you divide 225 million by 73.8 you get 3.048 (which would be one percent). If you then multiply that by 100 you 304.8 million portable devices. While you don’t need an…
OK, this was originally going to be a scathing attack on another “Podcast Consultant” that has been spamming twitter. He had a stint on AM radio, and now has deemed himself a podcast consultant. Instead I am going to give you some tips to look for when picking a podcast consultant (inspired by this broadcasting…
I have a flip video camera. I love it. You can see the results of using it on the front page of the School of podcasting. The only thing I didn’t like about the Flip camera is that you get the audio from the camera. For the record it’s not bad audio, but it would…
I’m not going to name names, but I was just turned down for an interview. I am developing a new podcast called “The Power of Podcasting.” This will spotlight opportunities, successes, etc that have come about due to a podcast. I put a note out asking for potential interviewees who fit the criteria via a…
At wildvoice.com a post is stating: “We will no longer be supporting the WildVoice.com site as of July 1, 2009. The site will shutdown sometime on or after that date. We’re sure you’ve noticed that WildVoice has not developed the type of thriving community that a free site on the Internet requires to survive. We’ve…
I was going to title this blog post, “Why your podcast sucks”, but changed it to be more kind. I occasionally see blog posts by people that state, “I’m doing a podcast but don’t have any listeners. Can you listen to my podcast and see IF there is anything I’m doing wrong?” Well here are…
I am touching up a new client’s website (www.vinnypedulla.com ) where I created a custom wordpress theme for him. Vinny is a great guy, great musician, and also blind. When I made the page for his audio samples, I used the good old fashioned “Audio Player” player plugin. As Vinny wants to eventually be able…
While I had a great time last year at Podcamp Ohio, I met some great people and I would love to go back to that Italian restaurant (the name I can’t remember). Unfortunately, I can’t attend that day (June 20th as I’ve made previous plans. I’m getting married that day to the Nurse